Could Vladimir Putin Use Nuclear Weapons To Counter Ukrainian Counterattack? This is a question that is often asked as the war in Ukraine continues and tensions escalate, especially after the invasion of Kursk by the Ukrainian armed forces.
With Russia repeatedly raising the possibility of using nuclear weapons, the debate over whether Putin would ever take that extreme measure remains open, the BBC reports in its analysis of the events of the past 10 days in the theater of operations. This question also occupied the last episode of Ukrainecast, where experts analyzed the possibilities and consequences of such a move.
Nick Savill, a specialist analyst, commented that “we are entering an area of wide speculation. Although the Russians have repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons, the Ukrainians would claim with some confidence that they have challenged Russia’s claims several times.”
Savill points out that the Russians would not hesitate to use serious force on their soil, even in urban areas, to remove the Ukrainians. However, according to him, “it is difficult to imagine that the Russians would routinely use nuclear weapons on their own soil, which would have disastrous consequences for Russia itself.”
Although Russia may threaten Ukraine with nuclear weapons, its most likely response would be to step up long-range attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure, power plants, and other political targets. This strategy aims to put political pressure on President Zelensky, especially as winter approaches.
Ukrainian forces are sending humanitarian aid to Russian civilians in the Kursk region
At the same time, Ukraine built storage facilities in the Sumy region on its northern border to store and send humanitarian aid to Russian citizens living in the Ukrainian-held part of the Kursk region, the Interior Ministry announced today.
Kiev claims to have taken control of 82 settlements in an area of 1,150 square kilometers in the region after launching its offensive on Russian soil on August 6.
“Citizens abandoned by Russia are mostly elderly, people with disabilities and families with children. They need food, water and medicine,” Minister Ihor Klimenko wrote in his post on the Telegram app. He did not specify how many warehouses were built, nor where they were located. A video posted on the ministry’s account on the same app shows a large, inflatable tent and Ukrainian soldiers carrying parcels and packing food.
During his visit to the Sumy region, which borders Kursk, Klimenko said that about 150 food parcels have been sent to civilians in that region.
Ukrainian officials have said they plan to create evacuation corridors from the Kursk region and give access to international humanitarian missions. Russia calls the Ukrainian invasion a “major provocation” and has vowed to retaliate.
The Ukrainian army destroyed a bridge in the Kursk region
Ukrainian forces destroyed a bridge over the Shem River in Russia’s Kursk region, preventing the evacuation of people by land, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported, citing local security services.
A mass evacuation is underway in the Glushkov region, home to 20,000 people, following the rapid Ukrainian invasion of the Russian region.
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